The Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty

You may be aware that the Supreme Court has recently issued a judgment which significantly changes the legal approach to determining whether a person is deprived of their liberty. The judgement can be seen here A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue under paragraph 34 o….

We would encourage you to familiarise yourselves with the judgment and carefully consider the implications for your services and practice. Please see the following links for further information: CQC statement on the Supreme Court's judgment on deprivation of liberty - Care Quality Commission and 2026-UKSC-16-Summary-for-website.pdf.

We ask that you refer to this updated position when making any new referrals to the DoLS team.  In addition, as the change came into effect immediately from 2 June, please review any recent DoLS referrals you have made. You should consider whether, in light of this revised approach, any of these referrals may no longer be appropriate.

We hope this offers reassurance whilst we wait for additional National guidance to be disseminated.  At this stage we don’t have further information, but if you have a specific query, you can contact the MCA DoLS Duty Team at Dolforms@essex.gov.uk

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We are excited to offer employees* of care providers in Essex a range of employee benefits from our health and wellbeing partner Vivup. These are designed to improve physical, financial and mental health. We have commissioned this service in partnership with Care England.

To discover more about our employee benefits –view the benefits brochure

The exciting range of benefits includes:

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) 

  • Confidential, impartial assistance to help you in times of need including a 24/7, 365 days helpline
  • Face to face and virtual counselling sessions

Online GP appointments

Your Care – Embrace a healthier lifestyle with the help of assessments, goals and tools available on our wellbeing management platform

Lifestyle Savings – Access a huge range of savings across the UK’s major retailers

*Eligible employees must live in Essex (excludes Southend and Thurrock), and work for an ECC commissioned care provider of adult social care services.

1. Register on the Vivup Portal to access a suit of resources including retail discounts

  • Visit https://www.vivup.co.uk/users/sign_in
  • Click ‘Register Here’, top right corner
  • Choose the Organisation: Essex County Council
  • Complete mandatory fields: First Name, Last Name, Personal (or work) email
  • Create a Password
  • Tick the Ts and Cs box. See Vivup's Privacy Policy
  • Click ‘Next’
  • You will then receive a confirmation email to the email address you entered with a link. Once you click on the confirmation link you will gain access to the portal.
  • Download a printable flyer of these instructions

2. Register on the Your Care platform to access the Employee Assistance Programme services (GP appointments and counselling)

3. For urgent access to counselling services without registering you can access the EAP services and enter this code 110156. Or call 0800 023 9394

 

Make wellbeing a priority both in and out of the workplace. Visit vivup.co.uk today and start discovering what our employee benefits can do for you! 

Promoting this offer to your staff

  • Bite-sized videos showing how the new benefits work

  • Vivup Comms Hub downloadable marketing materials. Includes flyers, wallet cards, digital banners, and other materials to help you promote benefits to your staff

Last updated: 14/10/2024
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